Mahathir Mohammad: ‘Israel’ Criminal Country That Needs To Be Punished

TIMES OF ISLAM, TANJUNG ENIM - When discussing atrocities against the Palestinians carried out by "Israel", Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said, "Israel" is a reasonable criminal state.

"I urge those who sympathize with the Palestinian struggle to voice their criticism. Violence is not the answer. "The right strategy is needed to provide justice to the Palestinians," the Prime Minister said in a post on his blog on Monday (01/28/2019) as quoted by the BERNAMA News Agency.

In a harsh title he wrote, "A Genocidal State", Dr. Mahathir said the whole world could see "Israel" injustice and oppression of Palestinians but "Israel" was not criticized by those who spoke of freedom from injustice and "rule of law".

"" Israel "has such privileges, if anyone criticizes" Israel "or the holocaust, he will continue to be labeled as anti-Jewish, implying that the person is inhuman or immoral. But the striking mistreatment of "Israel" is not condemned, "he said.

Malaysia is not anti-Jewish or anti-Semitic, he said, adding that Arabs were also Semites.

"But we have the right to condemn inhumane acts wherever, by anyone. We have condemned the people of Myanmar for their actions against the Rohingya. We criticize many countries and people because of inhumane practices.

Many people and many countries have condemned us, but we have never been labeled or labeled people who speak the truth in a free world, "Dr Mahathir said.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) canceled Malaysia's right to host the 2019 World Swimming Championship, which will be held in Kuching on July 29 - August 4 after Malaysia said it would not allow "Israeli" athletes to join.

"Malaysia blocked two" Israeli "athletes who banned five Muslim countries and planned to build a wall to prevent South Americans.

Realizing strong support from "Israel", Mahathir said Malaysia could not fight "Israel" but refused to recognize it, but said Kuala Lumpur had the right to prevent the entry of "Israeli" people into the country.

"When the world condemns us for this, we have the right to say that the world is hypocritical, their embrace of human rights and the supremacy of the law are only nonsense," the prime minister said.

For those who have forgotten history, Dr. Mahathir reminded them that "Israel" was from a plot of Palestinian land without a referendum or poll, with Palestinians being expelled from Palestinian land without compensation for land and houses seized by "Israel".

He said "Israel" then seized more Palestinian land so that "Israel" could become bigger, build more settlements on Palestinian land without the consent of the Palestinian state.

"When Palestinians opposed and threw rocks at tanks and armored vehicles," Israeli "soldiers fired live ammunition at Palestinian children and arrested them for years without talking about it," he said.

Dr Mahathir refers to illegal sanctions against Gaza, but no country condemns "Israel" for violating international laws and regulations.

"" Israel "now declares Jerusalem (Baitul Maqdis) as their capital, when Palestinians slap" Israeli "forces, they are shot dead and many are captured," he said, adding that Palestinians cannot visit their relatives without escaping embarrassing checks at various checkpoints built by "Israel".

When Palestinians fired ineffective rockets at "Israel", he said "Israel" would drop bombs and fire missiles at Palestinian towns and villages, destroy schools and hospitals, and kill and care for patients and children - child.

He said thousands of Palestinians were killed or injured by military action.

All this, he said, is the answer to why Malaysia does not recognize "Israel", does not have diplomatic relations, does not allow Malaysians, he added.